by Nusrat Ara
- Indian-administered Kashmir -

After the U.N.’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) admitted to a major mistake in its 2007 report, which asserted the Himalayan glaciers would melt by 2035, skeptics and opponents alike went on the offensive, using the admission as proof that climate change is a fabrication. Though the 2035 deadline may no longer be valid, global warming is surely having an effect on the ground and activists are now faced with an even tougher challenge.

Climate change has affected nearly every country in the world, irrespective of the role it has played in polluting the environment. Lying in the lap of the great Himalayas, Kashmir is one such place, and we are already feeling its impact.

by Nusrat Ara
- Indian-administered Kashmir -

“Keep Guns Outside, Please.” The brightly-colored sign on the gates of She Hope Disability Centre is a reminder of Kashmir’s ongoing conflict.

Sami Wani, the young manager, smiles when asked about the instruction. "We have a military camp nearby. They would often drop by for friendly visits, obviously with arms and ammunition. The patients, especially children and women, would get scared"

Did he get the desired result? “They stopped coming,” he laughs.